This column provides a daily update on key presidential actions as well as comments, whether spoken aloud or on Twitter, by President Trump. Like the stock market, the deadline for Trump Today action is 4 p.m. Eastern Time, even as we acknowledge that substantive news can and does occur after hours.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ripped media reports about his wife Melania, as he congratulated Republicans on Tuesday’s primaries and signed a veterans’ bill into law.

‘SHE IS DOING REALLY WELL!’

On Twitter, Trump said media stories about the first lady were “unfair, and vicious.” Mrs. Trump was treated in May for a kidney condition, and was not seen in public for more than three weeks. She reemerged Monday at a White House ceremony for military families.

“During her recovery from surgery they reported everything from near death, to facelift, to left the [White House] (and me) for N.Y. or Virginia, to abuse,” the president wrote. “All Fake, she is doing really well!”

The Fake News Media has been so unfair, and vicious, to my wife and our great First Lady, Melania. During her recovery from surgery they reported everything from near death, to facelift, to left the W.H. (and me) for N.Y. or Virginia, to abuse. All Fake, she is doing really well!

...Four reporters spotted Melania in the White House last week walking merrily along to a meeting. They never reported the sighting because it would hurt the sick narrative that she was living in a different part of the world, was really ill, or whatever. Fake News is really bad!

Trump tweeted congratulations to California Republicans John Cox and Dana Rohrabacher after voters in that state and seven others went to the polls in primary elections on Tuesday.

Cox, a Republican businessman, will face Democrat Gavin Newsom in California’s governor’s race this fall. Veteran House member Rohrabacher — whose advocacy for closer ties with Moscow has earned him the nickname “Putin’s favorite congressman” — is seeking another term. Trump also mocked the notion that a “blue wave” will usher Democrats into more seats this fall, saying “it may be a big Red Wave. Working hard!”

Great night for Republicans! Congratulations to John Cox on a really big number in California. He can win. Even Fake News CNN said the Trump impact was really big, much bigger than they ever thought possible. So much for the big Blue Wave, it may be a big Red Wave. Working hard!

Many more Republican voters showed up yesterday than the Fake News thought possible. The political pundits just don’t get what is going on out there - or they do get it but refuse to report the facts! Remember, Dems are High Tax, High Crime, easy to beat!

After lobbying from Kim Kardashian West, Trump commuted the life sentence of Alice Johnson, a great-grandmother imprisoned for a nonviolent drug offense. “While this administration will always be very tough on crime, it believes that those who have paid their debt to society and worked hard to better themselves while in prison deserve a second chance,” the White House said in a statement.

Reality TV star Kardashian West met with Trump last week to advocate for clemency for Johnson.

Trump signed the VA Mission Act into law before heading to the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters to get a briefing on hurricane preparedness. The bill expands veterans’ access to private health-care services. In a Rose Garden ceremony, Trump said it would allow veterans to access the best medical care, “whether it’s at the VA or at a private provider.”

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Robert
Schroeder

Robert Schroeder is the White House reporter for MarketWatch. Follow him on Twitter @mktwrobs.

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